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Unique ID: SUSS-687DA4
Object type certainty: Certain
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A sestertius of Maximinus I (AD 235-8), dating to AD 235-6 (Reece Period 11), [PROVIDENTIA S C], Providentia standing left, holding baton over globe and cornucopiae. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, p. 145, no. 61; BMC VI, p. 230, nos. 90-92.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 235
Date to: Circa AD 236
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 4.27 mm
Weight: 17.1 g
Diameter: 28.36 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 2nd November 2011
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Sestertius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Maximinus
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 11 [222-238]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Laureate, draped and cuirassed right, seen from behind
Obverse inscription: IMP [...]PIVS AVG
Reverse description: Providentia standing left, [holding baton over globe] and cornucopiae
Reverse inscription: [PROVIDENTIA S C]
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
4 Figure: TQ9449
Four figure Latitude: 51.207254
Four figure longitude: 0.77589
1:25K map: TQ9449
1:10K map: TQ94NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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